"You have killed the Iron-Blooded Alien, completed Forbidden Zone Mission Three, and obtained the rewards: Shrink Net x1, Plasma Cannon x1, Shard of God Stone x2."
Shrink Net (Item) (Blue): Throw the metal sphere near the target. It will eject a metal net to envelop the target, then rapidly constrict, slicing the target's body. Each use damages the net, and it will be discarded after a certain number of uses. Current uses (5/5).
Energy Plasma Cannon (Weapon) (Black): The basic energy weapon of the alien civilization, the Iron-Blooded Warriors. It can fire once after charging for three seconds. After fifteen shots, it requires a five-minute cooldown due to high-temperature overload. Infrared targeting can be used to improve accuracy.
The Shrink Net is actually quite powerful. If Bai Ye were to say, it could barely be considered a black-quality weapon. However, the problem is that it's a consumable item, discarded after five uses, which lowers its quality.
As for the Plasma Cannon...
The standard energy plasma cannon carried by Iron-Blooded Warriors, the most basic version of an energy weapon...
If Bai Ye were to evaluate it, this thing is truly pathetic among future technological weapons. It barely makes it into the black-quality tier solely on the reputation of being an "energy weapon." Moreover, besides regular firing, it doesn't even have any special effects, truly disgracing the black-quality weapon class.
However, from another perspective, even the lowest-level energy weapon is still a future technological weapon. How many people today have black-quality weapons in their hands?
While the Iron-Blooded Warrior's plasma cannon is very weak among future technological weapons, it's a different story if you pit the plasma cannon against a machine gun.
Therefore, Bai Ye felt the rewards were decent. Most importantly, there were two Shards of God Stone.
He used one to draw the Xuanyuan Sword and still had one left!
And...
The Xuanyuan Sword was still in his hand!
"Where is the Alien Queen?" Bai Ye raised his sword, full of heroic spirit, and declared, "Come out and fight me!"
With the Xuanyuan Sword in hand, Bai Ye felt invincible, ready to slash anyone he saw!
Unfortunately, no one responded to Bai Ye!
After indulging in some solitary madness, Bai Ye had no choice but to quickly flee.
The Iron-Blooded Alien had been dealt with. The most important task now was to escape this place. If possible, Bai Ye planned to head straight for the Pyramid Ruins, and while he still had the Xuanyuan Sword, he would cut down the Alien Queen just the same.
Bai Ye thought as he quickly walked back.
Upon returning to the mess hall, Bai Ye proceeded according to the directional signs.
Area A was the closest to the outer perimeter of the research team's base, so Area A2 was essentially bordering the entrance and exit.
Soon, after passing a garage filled with snowmobiles, Bai Ye arrived at the outer perimeter of the research team's base.
Judging by the time, it should be morning, but the weather was not good. It was overcast, and snow was still falling from the sky.
Bai Ye stretched and then oriented himself.
Bai Ye remembered that the research team's base was built near the Pyramid Ruins. Since the Pyramid Ruins were underground, the wealthy tycoon Villand had directly hired a construction team to dig.
"So..." Bai Ye murmured, "if I find the drilling site, I can find the entrance to the Pyramid Ruins."
Bai Ye walked forward as he thought, but after not going far, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Bai Ye looked back at the research team's base behind him.
He had already left the research team's base, so why...
Why hadn't Forbidden Zone Mission One and Forbidden Zone Mission Two indicated completion?
Could it be that the scope of the forbidden zone was not limited to the research team's base?
Bai Ye looked to the side. There was a fence on the outside, which should also be considered within the research team's base area?
Bai Ye thought as he reached the fence and climbed over it. The result was the same; Forbidden Zone Mission One and Forbidden Zone Mission Two were still not completed.
Bai Ye couldn't help but open his screen to re-examine the missions. He still had no clue. It was simply to escape from the aliens and the Iron-Blooded Warriors. Hadn't he already escaped the research team's base?
Bai Ye was bewildered, but at that moment...
BOOM!
Suddenly, a deafening explosion startled Bai Ye. He then looked in the direction of the explosion, and a column of snow shot into the sky. A large area of ground began to collapse, and then...
BOOM!
A massive drilling rig collapsed sideways and fell heavily to the ground.
"Drilling rig?" Bai Ye exclaimed, "Did something happen to the Pyramid Ruins?"
As Bai Ye was thinking, he saw more than a dozen people running towards him. They seemed to be fleeing from within the ruins. Bai Ye's eyes lit up; there were familiar faces.
"Jin Sha!"
Bai Ye shouted loudly, and then someone in the crowd looked in Bai Ye's direction.
"Bai Ye, why are you here?" Jin Sha quickly moved forward, grabbed Bai Ye, and said, "Run, run!"
Bai Ye, dazed, was pulled along by Jin Sha with the crowd, wondering, "What's going on?"
Jin Sha said as she ran, "The Iron-Blooded Warriors used a pulse bomb to blow up the ruins, trying to eliminate all the aliens. However, the Alien Queen didn't die and is about to come out."
"Ah?" Bai Ye was surprised, "You went to the Pyramid Ruins?"
Jin Sha nodded, "Yes!"
Bai Ye asked, "Didn't you enter the forbidden zone of the research team's base with me? How did you end up at the Pyramid Ruins?"
"It's just one forbidden zone," Jin Sha explained. "It's in the lower levels of the research team's base, and the aliens dug it open, so it connects directly to the Pyramid Ruins. The two are actually the same forbidden zone."
There was such a thing?
This was completely different from his memory!
However, Bai Ye quickly shook his head.
This damned place was already different from his memory. The alien and Iron-Blooded Warrior forbidden zones in his memory were nothing like this.
Moreover, according to the records, after the research team discovered the Pyramid Ruins, they indeed built a base above the Pyramid Ruins and then drilled into the Pyramid Ruins. Therefore, the Pyramid Ruins were indeed located below the research team's base. It wasn't impossible to say they were connected.
BOOM!
As Bai Ye was thinking, a huge roar came from behind him again.
The next instant, a giant monster emerged from the ground.
"Holy crap!" Bai Ye exclaimed in horror, "What is that thing?"
Jin Sha gave a wry smile, "It's the Alien Queen!"
"This is the Alien Queen?" Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, "Do aliens even come in silver? And it's so huge!"