"I'll kick your ass!"
Bai Ye stared at the information appearing on the light screen, stunned for half a second before letting out a curse.
Jin Sha couldn't help but ask, "What do we do now?"
Bai Ye spread his hands. "What else can we do? We have one minute left. Once we enter the forbidden zone, good luck to us."
Jin Sha's expression grew somber. She raised her fist towards Bai Ye and said, "Wish you good luck."
Bai Ye bumped fists with Jin Sha. "You too, may luck be with you always!"
Since they were randomly transported to different parts of the base, it was highly probable that the two of them would not be together. They would then have to find their own way to survive.
Even if Bai Ye wanted to help Jin Sha, he couldn't.
A minute was a very short time. Soon, Bai Ye noticed Jin Sha's body beginning to fade and gradually disappear. He then looked down at his own palm and found that he was experiencing the same thing.
Bai Ye couldn't help but grin.
Before, he was the one who initiated the forbidden zone and sent others in. Was it his turn to enjoy the "benefits" now?
As Bai Ye pondered, everything around him dimmed. When the light reappeared, Bai Ye found that the surrounding scenery had completely changed.
He was in a narrow corridor. It was cold, and the walls and floor were covered with a thin layer of frost. Other than that, there was nothing.
Bai Ye didn't act immediately. He took out a cigarette pack from his pocket, lit one, and put it in his mouth, deciding to gather his thoughts.
First, the research base had become a forbidden zone. Bai Ye had never encountered this in his previous life. As for the reason, the information provided after triggering the forbidden zone was clear.
He knew that three Predators had hunted Xenomorphs to complete their rite of passage. However, Bai Ye didn't know there was a sequel. A new group of Predators arrived and fought with the Xenomorphs in the research base, turning it into a forbidden zone.
The situation was easy to understand, but Bai Ye was worried about the pyramid ruins. If Xenomorphs had already made their way from underground to the surface, wouldn't that mean the Predators and humans in the pyramid ruins were finished?
However, Bai Ye felt there was still hope, due to the rewards for the forbidden zone missions.
The three forbidden zone missions were quite straightforward. Whether it was Xenomorphs or Predators, they intended to kill any humans they encountered. Therefore, being able to leave alive would count as completing the mission.
The survival mission was relatively simple, as everyone would benefit as long as they could escape.
Of course, the mission rewards weren't that great. The three standard Predator equipment, the cloaking device and plasma caster, which were products of future technology, were not included. There was only a wrist blade. As for throwing discs and daggers, they were probably similar to the wrist blade. Predators also had their preferences. Although the wrist blade was standard, not all Predators used it.
However, after escaping from the Xenomorphs, he could get a distress beacon. This was interesting because this item was required to join the human faction.
In Bai Ye's memory, the process should have been to find the distress beacon in the research base, receive the human distress signal from the pyramid ruins, and then, as part of the human faction, head to the pyramid ruins to activate the forbidden zone.
Now the situation at the research base had changed, but this item was still here.
Bai Ye wondered if he could interpret this as everything within the pyramid ruins was not over yet?
As for the final forbidden zone mission, killing a Xenomorph Predator...
This was difficult.
A Xenomorph Predator was a Xenomorph monster produced by a Predator being infested by a Xenomorph. Its strength was formidable, and the reward tier instantly increased. The plasma caster, one of the three standard Predator equipment, appeared, as well as a retracting net gun, which was also a very good weapon.
It was just that the number of God Stone fragments was a bit small, only two.
However, Bai Ye felt it was understandable.
Hadn't higher-quality items appeared?
Even if the plasma caster was at the bottom of high-quality black-grade items, it was still a high-quality item.
"It's a shame there's no computer system or bio-mask," Bai Ye scratched his head. "But since we've been pulled into the forbidden zone, getting a plasma caster is fine too."
As Bai Ye thought, he threw out the gashapon machine.
At such a time, how could he not draw from the gashapon?
With the machine spinning, Bai Ye went for a double draw this time. Two gashapons rolled out simultaneously.
Bai Ye squatted on the ground and picked them up, seeing that both were blue.
"Average!"
Bai Ye tapped the two gashapons together like cracking eggs, and then they both cracked open.
Shaolin Dragon Claw Hand (Martial Art) (Blue): One of Shaolin's numerous fist techniques. It has immense destructive power but slightly weaker defense. Effects: Rend (15% chance to tear armor of blue quality or lower) Inner Force Surge (upon successfully grabbing a target, strength increases by 20 points).
A melee martial art. Bai Ye thought it was decent, still "average" in those four words.
As for the item from the other gashapon...
It looked familiar!
Grenade Pack (Item) (Blue): Equipped with six 82-2 type all-plastic handleless grenades, six SL01A smoke grenades, and six M84 stun grenades.
The grenade pack was an item from a green gashapon. Bai Ye had drawn it before. Why had it suddenly become blue?
Hadn't the quantity increased?
The green one only had three, while the blue one had six.
The gashapon machine didn't operate on a "more quantity for the same price" principle.
Moreover, Bai Ye thought the grenade pack was quite useful, with very high practicality. The only drawback was that it was a consumable.
Tying on the grenade pack, Bai Ye took a deep breath, drew his Zanpakuto, and then casually held a stack of playing cards against his sleeve, before starting to move.
He advanced down the corridor and stopped at a corner.
A strong smell of blood.
Bai Ye became more vigilant. He then turned the corner and saw many corpses.
They were not human corpses, but the corpses of beast tamers.
Bai Ye stared at the corpses, then remembered Jin Sha saying that many beast tamers had entered the research base, turning it from a supply point into a dangerous supply point.
In the end, it was Regice that took the blame. The appearance of the Ice Pillar had suddenly activated the beast tamers living in the glaciers.
And the existence of beast tamers was something Bai Ye couldn't see through. He didn't know if their existence would cause any variables.
"As long as they don't cause trouble for me."
Thump, thump, thump...
As Bai Ye was thinking, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded ahead, and then a huge figure slowly appeared before Bai Ye.
Bai Ye said speechlessly, "I wish for the best and the worst happens? Give me some face, won't you? Do I have to be such a jinx!"
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