My players are grinding in the apocalypse

Da da da~

"who!?"

The sound of footsteps trampling leather boots came from the gray ruins ahead, which made the Peak team who had been exploring the map get excited!

In this damn place, any unusual sound can make people nervous.

The 10 people raised their firearms and aimed in the direction of the sound.

Da da da~

The sound of leather boots got closer, and Lao Ao's hellhound jumped in front of everyone, holding a mouthful of flames in its mouth, ready to spit out high-temperature flames to break through the thick fog.

The 10 people are surrounded by summons. Although they may not be able to withstand the invisible attacks of the ethereal spirits, the players will still be alerted if there are ethereal spirits passing through their bodies.

At this time, the Mane Bear King was taken away by the demon fox because it was too big and would be constantly attacked by ethereal spirits when walking upright, making it difficult for players to defend it.

The output of the Mane Bear King is half physical damage and half cold damage. Among them, its special skill Blizzard can cause a large ice magic storm. If released here, it can cause great damage to the ethereal spirits in the area, but the cooldown time is very long. The demon fox will It is used as the finale skill. Once besieged by ethereal spirits, it summons the Mane Bear King to change the situation of the battle.

At this time, hearing the unusual movement, the demon fox touched the bear king pattern on his left arm, ready to summon at any time.

"Don't shoot! We are humans!"

Out of the gray mist came 12 soldiers wearing Human Alliance military uniforms, 10 men and 2 women.

There are many stars on the leader's shoulders. Although players don't know much about the military ranks in the game, they can generally know that this is a relatively high-ranking officer.

Xigou asked vigilantly: "Where are you from? Why are you in the wild? This is not a place where humans can stay for a long time."

"We are the garrison of the Soul-Destroying Fortress. We went out to hunt ethereal spirits and collect [Red Spirit Powder]. We were attacked by a group of psychedelic ghosts on the way. We only found ourselves lost when we got here."

The players glanced at each other and saw each other's searching look.

"Are these real people or ghosts pretending to be them?"

"A group of people suddenly appeared in the wild. It's really weird. You have to be careful."

"I see they have shadows, they should be NPCs, right? Are there any hidden tasks?"

"We don't know them either, but I have seen the map given by Nangong Divine Envoy, and there seems to be a stronghold called the Soul-Destroying Fortress nearby."

"By the way, what is the [Red Spirit Powder] they are talking about? Is it that thing I just collected?"

Lao Ao took out his bottle, which contained white powder flashing with a little blue light.

As if he heard what they said, the officer explained: "Oh no. What you are holding in your hands is [Green Spirit Powder], the substance left after the death of the lowest ethereal spirit. The [Red Spirit Powder] we are looking for is the high-level It will appear only after the death of the Void Spirit, which is a necessity for making a three-star ghost-slaying weapon."

"You don't seem to know much about our affairs. Are you a new volunteer from the alliance? Which base are you from?"

The players saw that each other discussed with them very clearly, and everyone looked normal. Others were still deliberately guarding against the attack of the virtual spirit, which reduced their suspicion.

Xigou said: "Yes, we are volunteers who have just come here, in Zhenhun City."

"We are almost arriving at Zhenhun City. It seems that we have been misled for a whole day. It is getting dark and our defensive measures have been exhausted. We cannot stay out overnight. You can take us back to Zhenhun City to rest. For a moment? As a reward, I am willing to give you some crystal stones."

"By the way, my name is Gao Shouben. I am the captain of this hunting team and a third-level peak casual cultivator."

The players looked at each other and put down the guns they had been holding.

"Boring Man and Wei Kunchen, you two come closer and take a look."

"good."

As the two of them are the toughest people in the front line of the team, this dangerous job is naturally left to them.

Gao Shouben smiled: "You have the basic qualities of soldiers on the Eastern battlefield. It is always right to be cautious. After all, pollution incidents have been increasing recently."

Upon hearing this, the demon fox suddenly raised his head and glanced at him, then nodded thoughtfully.

"Bird food."

The two players came forward, touched and rubbed, and nodded to the team.

"Everything has a temperature and a beating heart. It's a living person."

"I can't feel the cold breath, and no other energy is detected. They are all at the level of a third-order evolver, so there should be no problem."

Players carry a detection robot that can accurately detect biological energy below the fourth level.

The fourth-level ones can only be vaguely detected, and there is still a possibility of being discovered. As for the fifth-level ones, the Clown King once tested Zhao Hongwu, and the invisible nano-robots were melted directly into his body before they even touched his hair. in the air

I didn't understand it before and thought it was designed for game mechanics.

Later I found out that it was the passive defense of a fifth-level domain user, who had always been in his own domain.

After checking several times, the players seemed to have confirmed the identities of the 12 lost soldiers.

Xigou smiled: "Okay, then come with us back to Zhenhun City. This road is indeed too dangerous for you."

"Thank you, the Human Alliance is with you!"

At this time, Xigou asked with great interest: "What can the [Red Spirit Powder] you just mentioned do?"

"A three-star ghost-slaying weapon can restrain all ethereal spirits. In the Eastern battlefield, every soldier has his own ghost-slaying weapon. This is very important!"

"Xisuo ghost-killing weapon."

10 players took 12 lost soldiers back to Soul Town City, chatting about ghost-killing weapons on the way.

After Gao Shouben's teachings, the Peak Team learned many techniques on how to fight against the ethereal spirits.

Among them, ghost-slaying weapons are a general term that use a special process to add the spiritual powder naturally generated by the death of ethereal spirits into the weapon production process. The final weapon will come with a high amount of ethereal damage increase.

The higher the level of the spiritual powder, the stronger the damage-increasing ability.

The lowest level [Green Spirit Powder] can only increase the damage by about 20%, the more advanced [Yellow Spirit Powder] can increase the damage by 50%, and the more advanced [Red Spirit Powder] can increase the damage by 100%.

[Red Spirit Powder] Only the death of third-level ethereal spirits has a chance of appearing, and their team came out to hunt for and kill third-level ethereal spirits.

Players also took note of this information.

"There seems to be a blacksmith shop in Zhenhun City. The craftsman NPC inside should be able to make ghost-killing weapons for us, but we probably have to provide high-level spiritual powder ourselves. After all, I think Zhenhun City is mainly for defending the city. , there are very few soldiers going out to hunt."

Lintang expressed his reasoning.

Lao Bai: "Hey, I went out for a few rounds today, and all I met were minions. They were all [Green Spirit Powder]. I wasted too much time. I guess I won't be able to get [Red Spirit Powder] today. Let's go back. Ask Nangong Divine Envoy to see where you can get it, and do it early in the morning!"

The demon fox said thoughtfully: "There is a high probability that we can get some [Red Spirit Powder] today."

Lao Bai pouted: "Let's forget it. The planners and NPCs have been saying that the Eastern battlefield is dangerous at night. Let's not take risks. The cloning warehouse in the base has not been erected yet."

They also carried the construction plans of nanorobots and infrastructure given by Cheng Shaofeng. As long as they have the corresponding materials, they can automatically build a base when released.

But they didn't expect that the Eastern battlefield was so backward!

There is simply not enough steel and plastic in the city, because what we have to fight here are ethereal spirits. Ordinary firearms are completely useless. Even the city wall is just a symbolic low stone wall. The ethereal spirits have no entity. Penetrate it at any time, no matter how high it is, it will be useless.

And the residents of the city spend most of their day praying, that's their job.

The rest of the time it was just fine to grow some food crops, leaving little time to take advantage of modern industrial science.

They don't use steel materials at all, and naturally they don't have much storage.

When players ask Nangong Shen Envoy for help, the city warehouse's limited storage will naturally not be used by them.

The peak team can only find ways to obtain materials and build a starting base.

On the way back to the city.

Xigou even talked about skills with Gao Shouben, and secretly learned two very useful [general skills] from him.

[Weapon Enchantment]: You can add different energy attributes to a weapon according to your own energy attributes, so that the person using this weapon will have additional attribute attacks when attacking.

All players have non-attributed crystal energy flowing in their bodies. After learning, they can add attacks with any attribute to their weapons, which is very useful.

[Plateau Bloodline]: When turned on, it can greatly increase its own speed and is immune to most negative conditions. It is a very useful skill whether it is attacking or escaping. However, the cooling time is a bit long. It only lasts 1 minute when turned on, but it needs to be cooled down by 1 Hours, it is a bottom-line skill.

After getting two skills, Xigou was even happier.

The Lost Team also smiled happily and seemed honored to have the friendship of the Peak Team.

After all, in their opinion, the strength of the people in the peak team is unpredictable.

After walking for an hour, they were almost in sight of Zhenhun City.

A wisp of blue mist flashed across Gao Shouben's eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

"Come on, let's go into the city!"

The other 11 team members also became excited.

"Uh, wait a minute, in order to thank you for the knowledge and skills you taught me. Before entering the city, I have a small gift to give you."

The demon fox stopped and said seriously.

Gao Shouben waved his hand: "No, no, I can't get out without you. We are too tired and need to go to the city to rest. Let's go in quickly."

The 12 of them were eager to enter the city.

The demon fox smiled and said, "I think it's better to give you the gifts outside the city. I'm afraid it will dirty the ground when we get to the city."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Gao Shouben turned around.

What greeted him was Xigou's insect knife.

"Instant Shadow Slash!"

With a flip of his wrist, three green blades burst out instantly, slashing straight into Gao Shouben's body.

Puff puff!

Three extremely deep blood marks appeared on his chest, knocking out nearly half of his blood volume!

The three swords that exploded cut off three of his ribs, exposing the internal organs.

A cyan ghost child showed a surprised look inside.

It opened its mouth, but the sound came from Gao Shouben's mouth, and he said in disbelief:

"How did you find out?"

The thin dog touched the cyan blood on the insect knife and made a sound:

"Tsk, tsk, it's really a monster possessed by a virtual spirit!"

"I thought you were human until I took action."

"I have to say, your acting is so realistic! If the demon fox hadn't figured out every detail, I would have been fooled by you."

Gao Shouben turned his attention to Demon Fox. In the short one-hour exchange, he memorized information about several players.

At this time, the Peak Team and their summons had surrounded 12 ethereal spirits pretending to be humans.

The demon fox said unhurriedly: "You seem to be some kind of special virtual spirit that can steal the memories of these soldiers and even maintain human behavior. There are no flaws in the energy. It is really difficult for ordinary people to find out."

"Even if we inspect it closely, we can't see any clues, but"

He suddenly laughed.

"But! Aliens are still aliens after all. You have disguised everything, but your true thoughts are still exposed subconsciously. The logic of your behavior makes you ignore an important point."

The wound on Gao Shouben's stomach was slowly healing, and his health was increasing. He said with a gloomy look, "What did you ignore?"

Demon Fox: "You have never doubted that we are virtual spirits from the beginning to the end!"

The 12 ‘lost soldiers’ looked confused and didn’t seem to understand.

The blue color in Gao Shouben's belly became thicker and thicker, and the veins on his body were exposed. The face of the ghost child in his belly was superimposed on his original face without concealment, and the two faces were hideous and terrifying.

"You are not ethereal in the first place, why should you doubt it!"

Just as the demon fox was about to speak, Lintang, who had been holding back for a long time, jumped out.

"Hu Da! Let me come, please mess with me! You're suffocating me to death!"

The demon fox spread its hands and said, "You can do whatever you want. It doesn't matter whether you talk to them or not. Just kill them and explode [Red Spirit Powder]."

"No! It's very important! You can review the materials at any time, but just show off. But just this time! I've turned on the recording, it's impossible not to finish pretending!"

All teammates: "6!"

Boring person: "As expected of our group leader, your awareness is really high!"

Wei Kunchen: "It smells internal!"

Lintang turned his head and said: "Standing! What is a standing? You are a virtual spirit, and I am a human being. This is our respective stance. You virtual spirits are hidden in the dark and cannot be detected, but we humans can be easily discovered in the light."

"From the first moment you saw us, you never doubted that we were phantoms. No one among the 12 people doubted it! Because you can easily recognize that we are human beings!"

"And real humans would be suspicious of everything in the wild!"

"You are wrong because you know too much information! It's been exposed!"

Gao Shouben's mind wandered for a while before he realized what it meant.

He said with a fierce expression: "What if it's just that we are easier to trust others? How can you be so sure that we are virtual spirits?"

Lintang pointed to his healed wound and said, "Didn't this already tell you the answer?"

The ghost baby was furious, and the other 11 'people' no longer hid, each revealed their true appearance, and their strength increased rapidly, reaching the peak level of the third level!

"kill!"