Chapter 60: The Fish Catches the Shark

"The key problem is that Russia is too big. If you don't use your wishing platform to get some targets, we won't be able to do it!" Ashford said very seriously.

"What you said makes sense, but no one is telling the truth!"

"Then let's change the plan." Ashford said: "You do the tasks separately. First you need to do a task to know the approximate location of the antidote for this disease in Russia, and then you do another task to ask for the antidote. The general environment of existence. With these two things, I think it should be easy to find the antidote."

"That's all we can do now, but I really don't have enough people! Are there any more powerful people in your guild who haven't fallen ill?"

"There is a guy from Karaka, so he is barely qualified! How do you want me to help you in this situation?"

"Well, leave that person to me. It's better to have one more. The total number of people in my guild who can still fight does not exceed 300. Although the NPCs are capable, they can't leave the city. There is really no way to do this."

"You go back to Essinger first, and I'll let him pass later."

"Okay, I'll go back first."

"It's up to you, you have to live up to your expectations!"

"Do not worry."

It is said that diseases come like mountains, and this epidemic is obviously the best example. It swept almost half of the world in two days. Of course, I, the source of the infection, cannot be separated from it.

After returning to Essinger, I quickly gathered the players who were still able to move. Some of the more than 300 people were non-combatants. Some of them were too weak to fight and were a drag. We still need to leave some people in charge in the city. Finally, wait until the screening is completed. There are only two people left who can complete the task with me. The first person is Ah Wei. The necromancer is not afraid of viruses, and his combat effectiveness is passable. The second person is Mao Mao (those who don’t remember his first appearance in the major leagues can look back). She is a person who is born with antibodies and is not affected at all.

Because there are few people, they can gather together relatively quickly. Karaka, sent by Ashford, is a young soldier of 16 years old, who seems to be very easy to get close to. Although most of my demon pets are sick, I still brought them all with me. The only way to confirm whether it is the antidote is to experiment with them. Fortunately, Fenglong doesn't seem to be afraid of this disease, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to take a magic pet with him.

Of course these important combat forces, the Ring Knights, must follow me. But now they can only ride horses and not the armored dragons and steel claws. My steel claws were not immune to the virus, and I became as sick as the Ankylosaurus. Fortunately, the Ring Knight's horses have been re-equipped, and they are riding undead horses, which are undead creatures and are not affected by diseases. I didn't bring any sub-dragon cavalry with me. Their combat effectiveness dropped a lot without the small dragon hunters, and now that the sub-dragon cavalry has become infantry, there is really no point in being too slow. Of course the ice queens should be brought along. No matter what, it is a very powerful summoned creature and cannot be wasted.

After everyone gathered together, Vader actually ran over. "Wait a moment."

"What's going on?"

"Since you are short of manpower, why not bring the mobile golem?"

"Mobile golem? Yes, this thing should be useful, but you can't bring too many. The city is currently lacking in combat power, and I can't ignore the safety of the city."

"Then how many do you want to bring? I'll have someone move them here."

"Ten movies should be enough."

"Isn't 10 a little too few?" Ah Wei asked.

"No matter how much we have, we won't be able to take care of it, and it will only affect our combat effectiveness."

Maomao nodded and said: "What Ziri said makes sense, and these guys are too bulky. If we take them with us when we need to climb a cliff, we will cause trouble for ourselves. At least 10 pieces, we can find a way to airlift them, and any more There will be trouble.”

Scott suddenly suggested: "I think it's better for the master to bring some more undead war horses. Although those undead horses can't compare with Ye Ying, everyone's mounts have problems now. Riding a horse is better than walking!"

"It makes sense. Vader, help us find 85 undead horses." I have 81 Ice Queens, so I asked for some more horses. "By the way, do we have any large undead creatures? I'm talking about ones that can be used as mounts."

Vader thought for a moment and said, "We seem to have a lot of dead soul beasts."

"That's best. Bring us 10 of them."

Ah Wei asked confusedly: "What do you want that thing for?" No wonder Ah Wei was surprised. The dead soul beast is about the same size as a bear. It can be said to be strong and has good endurance because it is an undead creature. However, this thing has a shortcoming, that is, it is slow. The speed of the dead soul beast is only slightly faster than that of humans. As a mount, it is only suitable for pulling things.

I explained: "Golems use energy to walk. If I have more money, can I take those guys for a walk?"

"It's really a prudent plan!"

"Such a big guild needs money everywhere. If you don't spend it carefully, it will go bankrupt long ago."

Vader is fast. What I wanted arrived quickly. There are so many things packed on this table that it becomes a bit crowded. Fortunately, most of them were on mounts, so we could barely stand on the ground as long as we all got on our horses.

When everyone is ready, irrelevant personnel will retreat to the outside. I stood in the center of the high platform, raised my right hand as if to speak, and said loudly: "I hope...!" These three words are the secret words for activation. As long as I pronounce them, the high platform will start to operate.

"The cycle of heaven, tell me your wish and let me decide." As expected, the Ruyi Altar began to operate.

After hearing the prompt, I started: "I want to know that the antidote to the epidemic that occurred in Essinger is in the general area of ​​Russia."

"How many square kilometers do you want the exact area to be?" This altar is very particular.

I thought for a moment and then said: "0 square kilometers." Because there is another problem later, I don't mind a larger area, so the task will be simpler, and more importantly, I have enough crystal beetles, as long as I know If the approximate location is too big, I will send out all the crystal beetles to conduct a blanket search.

"I understand your wish. Now I will teleport you into the mission space. After completion, I will tell you the general location."

"Got it. Let's get started."

The surrounding scenes flashed, and we suddenly stood in the middle of a desert. "Ah!" All the ice queens around me screamed. They are all ice monsters, so it’s no wonder they couldn’t stand standing in the desert all of a sudden. What a defeat in the first battle! I had to open the space door and send them all in. Anyway, they were of little use in this environment.

Suddenly there was a warning sound from the Ruyi Altar. "This is an independent mission space. It is not connected to your space and you will not encounter players. Your mission is to find the golden gate buried in the sand. After you find it, open the gate and walk in. You will appear directly in the target area. .I will mark a red boundary line that only you can see outside the target area. The area within the red line is the possible existence area. Note that the gate is buried underground. The location and depth are uncertain, and there are Monsters are infested. I will leave clues in appropriate places to help you find the door, but it is up to you whether you can understand my prompts. Well, the mission begins. The first prompt is that the thing under the yellow sand can only be with it. The earth knows." After saying the reminder, the surroundings became quiet again, and there was nothing but the sound of the desert wind.

"Ah! Ziri, it's bad." Maomao pointed at the puppets and shouted.

When I saw it, I was so angry that I almost died. This Ruyi Altar must have designed such a scene deliberately to weaken our strength. The ice queens couldn't stand the high temperature and were forced to be sent into space. Now something happened to us. The undead war horse cannot adapt to this kind of ground. The horse's legs are too thin and always sink on the liquid sand. Just when we listened to the prompt just now, the war horse we stepped off actually sank to the thigh.

Except for the war horses. The dead soul beast over there is similar. They have wide feet, which should not sink, but the golems on their backs are too heavy, even though they are strong and are not afraid of being crushed. But the sand below can’t hold it! By this time they were almost buried.

Fortunately, we were suddenly interrupted by a prompt, and the space door hadn't closed yet. Now we just sent the golem and the war horse in. The dead soul beast was too slow, so we simply walked. The war horses of the Ring Knight are the same now. Even if we are on foot, of course they have no choice but to follow. There was a large group of people when they first came in, but after a while there were only 25 people left. This altar is really smart. They played a cruel trick on us without spending a single soldier.

Our 4 players and 21 bell knights are all infantry now. If we had known, we wouldn't be so messed up. Ah Wei was glad from the back that he didn't bring all the demons with him, otherwise it would have been a waste.

Maomao asked: "Did any of you understand the prompt just now?"

Karaka said: "I thought of something."

Although this young man is a warrior, he has a very good mind and he actually comes up with ideas so quickly.

"tell me the story."

Karaka said: "That's it. It says that the thing under the sand can only be known by the thing that is with it. If we all find this thing with it, do we still need to ask about this thing? So this thing is with it. The thing that is attached does not mean the thing that is attached to it.”

Maomao said: "Then what do you think this thing with it is?"

"It refers to the creatures under the sand." Karaka said: "Since there are monsters here, they must know the nearby environment. If a monster is a creature active under the sand, then it should definitely know the correct location of that thing."

I nodded: "It makes sense, but any creature that can move under the sand is difficult to catch."

Ah Wei immediately nodded and said, "I absolutely believe this. Ying showed me the video of Zi Sun's pioneers attacking players in the desert. That thing is more dangerous than a giant dragon entering the desert."

Karaka nodded and said: "This game attaches great importance to the conflict of attributes. Even though the level of creatures in the desert area is obviously lower than that of the enemy, because they are adapted to the desert environment, their combat effectiveness in the desert is often much better than that of other creatures."

I nodded and said: "The trouble now is that we not only have to defeat him but also capture him alive. This is not an easy matter."

"Would you like to try this?" Karaka suddenly took out three black grenade-like things from his body.

Ah Wei was startled: "Why are you carrying a grenade?"

Karaka smiled and said: "This time, Ashford asked me to help you find the antidote, so he brought me all the housekeeping things. Although this looks like a grenade, it is not really a grenade. ."

"Then what is this?"

"This thing is an experimental product. It doesn't have a name yet, but based on its function, I think it can be called a shock bomb or a stun bomb."

"Is this a shock wave bomb?" I looked at the little thing in surprise.

Karaka nodded: "As long as we bury this thing in the sand first, and then lead the target to detonate the bomb near this thing. The underground shock wave can definitely stun that guy. Then we just need to dig it out. Ignore it. How to adapt to the environment, as long as we can dig it out, it can't resist."

"Actually, I don't think there's any need for this thing of yours." I said nonchalantly.

"Why?"

"Because I have two big friends who are very suitable for the desert environment." After Tank and Red Thorn came out of Fenglong Space, Karaka was dumbfounded.

He was stunned for a long time before saying: "No wonder Ashford said that no matter what you summon, you will be surprised!"

"I am a beast tamer who relies on magic pets to fight. Only by bringing more magic pets can I ensure that I have combat effectiveness in various environments. Tanks are giant beetles and they are a desert race. Not to mention red thorns, there are only a few in the desert. Lots of scorpions.”

"So you have such a large magic pet?"

"Hey, if there is no diamond, I won't do the porcelain job. Okay, now that you have thought about the content of the prompt, it is easy to handle. Aren't they the residents under the sand? Red Thorn, ask your younger brothers to come out and ask if anyone knows about gold The location of the door.”

Red thorns can summon small scorpions. Since scorpions are creatures that live beneath the sand, we should know where our target is. After Red Thorn activated the summons, the surrounding sand stirred, and groups of scorpions emerged from under the desert. Scorpions usually don't have the ability to communicate, but this is a game, and the one next to me is the Scorpion King. After a while, we will have the result.

The little scorpions do know that there is a golden door here, but they can't remember the specific location. You can't blame them for this, arthropods have no memory ability. They can't remember anything except instinct. The red thorn is the Scorpion King, which is special. These little scorpions are not that powerful. They only know that there is such a thing here but can't tell the specific location, but our question is not completely in vain. There is a small scorpion claiming that the big sand scorpion may know the specific location.

Sand scorpions and desert scorpions are completely different concepts. Red Sting can summon ordinary scorpions. That's not the case at all with Sand Scorpions. Generally, scorpions will take the initiative to hunt, but sand scorpions will lurk in the center of quicksand pits and wait for their prey to fall in.

After dismissing the little scorpion, all we have to do is find a quicksand pit, then go in and capture the sand scorpion and torture it. The quicksand pit is easy to find. I summoned Fenglong and asked her to fly higher to see where there are larger quicksand pits nearby. She came down as soon as she went up. "No. There is no similar target within sight."

"Forget it, I'll do it myself!" I spread my wings and flew high into the sky. I activated Star Pupil to enlarge my vision and searched carefully. After a while, I found a quicksand pit. When I saw it, there was a camel struggling to sink down. I knew it was a quicksand pit without even thinking about it. He quickly dropped down and pointed in the direction and then jumped on the back of the red thorn. "Everyone come up."

The broad back of the red thorn is much more comfortable than the back of the tank. The armor of the tank is too smooth, and it takes a lot of effort to hold on to the spikes on its head to stand still. The red thorn is also very smooth. But it's not slippery, and the ground here is flat, not round like the tank.

With the red thorn as a super vehicle, we can move much faster. It is not bad to be a motorized infantry instead of a cavalry.

Sand Scorpions have no vision, so they rely on vibrations on the ground to determine the location of their targets. Tanks and Red Thorns move almost like earthquakes, so it is impossible to drive directly to the edge of the pit. We came down a long way away. First, take the two big guys back to Fenglong Space. Then we hiked closer. Our small weight makes us look like prey. In this way, the sand scorpion will not feel scared. If the weight of a tank comes over, the sand scorpion will definitely turn around and run away. We even caught the ass!

After walking to the edge of the quicksand pit, we first surveyed the terrain ourselves. The area of ​​the quicksand pit is about the size of two football fields, which shows that the sand scorpions inside are very big. The bunker is funnel-shaped as a whole, but it is almost invisible on a small slope. The sand scorpions will prop up the quicksand pit to make it appear as flat as possible, otherwise it would be obvious that a fool would jump into it.

I finished surveying the bunker and said, "This guy must be down here."

"Then if you throw the shock bomb directly into the middle from here, will it stun it?" Ah Wei thought it was simple.

Karaka said: "These creatures with exoskeletons have very high defenses. If they are not exploded at close range, they are probably useless! Moreover, this thing must be buried underground to be effective. The shock wave of the explosion on the ground will spread in all directions. , there won’t be too much spread to the underground.”

Maomao said: "Then find someone to use as bait." We looked at her together, and she said guiltily: "I'm a woman! You won't let me go, will you?"

Suddenly, their eyes focused on me again. "What are you looking at me doing?"

Ah Wei immediately said righteously: "You are the only one here who can fly. The quicksand pit won't work for you. If you don't want to go, why don't you let me go?"

"You are of the undead type, and the physical damage is halved. It's appropriate for you to go."

"You still have the magic dragon armor!"

Karaka also said: "President Ziri, it's better for you to go. You are the only one here who is suitable for this kind of task."

"Okay, okay! Why do I always do the unlucky things!" I complained as I walked towards the sandpit.

The sand scorpion is very patient. After I entered the edge of the sand pit, it remained motionless, probably because it was afraid that its prey might escape from the sand pit because it was not deep enough. The sand scorpion's legs and feet are weak and cannot pursue its target for a long time, so it usually stops chasing its prey as soon as it leaves the sand pit.

This guy didn't take the bait. I looked back at Ah Wei and the others, and they waved at me: "Move forward! Move forward!"

I had no choice but to take steps toward the center, but the guy never responded. He never showed up until I reached the center. I turned to look at Ah Wei and the others.

Ah Wei shouted: "Wait a moment, maybe it is estimating your danger."

"Impossible! Sand Scorpion has no intelligence!"

"Maybe he didn't hear your footsteps. This guy is too big, and maybe he doesn't feel anything about the little one. Jump a few times like me." Ah Wei said and started to demonstrate jumping on the spot and then stomping the ground hard.

I have to say that Ah Wei's method was really good. The sand scorpion did move, but instead of attacking me, it went towards Ah Wei. I saw a large piece of sand near Ah Wei suddenly sinking into a huge pit, and my Ring Knight and Ah Wei all fell into it.

"Climb out!" I yelled and ran over there, but I was too far away from them and it would take time to get there.

I had just run a few steps when I suddenly felt something was wrong under my feet. Almost instinctively, I suddenly opened my wings and flew upwards. The sand under my feet exploded upwards, and a sharp yellow-brown thing came out. This thing was very fast and caught up with me as I rose. If I hadn't used the power of my jump to fly up, I might have been overtaken.

The shape of this thing is like a flower bone, with the tip getting bigger and bigger downwards. The tip of the thing protruded three meters from the sand and suddenly spread out in all directions like a flower. The thing turned out to be composed of eight pieces of hard tissue like petals. After these hard things unfolded, a circular muscle tissue similar to a sunflower disk appeared in the middle, but this tissue suddenly expanded around, and two layers of large yellow teeth arranged in a circle appeared in the circular tissue.

This is a sandworm, not a sand scorpion! One is a level 900 monster and the other is a level 500 monster. They are completely different. This thing is more than a hundred times more dangerous than the Sand Scorpion.